Womens Rights

Women's right are under threat; Gender equality won't be achieved for 300 years, says UN chief

Antonio Guterres told the opening session of the Commission on the Status of Women — the UN's premiere global body fighting for gender equality — that progress won over decades is vanishing because 'the patriarchy is fighting back'

Afghanistan: Taliban order indefinite ban on university education for females

The ban on higher education comes less than three months after thousands of girls and women sat for university entrance exams across the country, with many aspiring to choose teaching and medicine as future careers

'Abuse of any kind is not okay,' says Manushi Chhillar as she gets roped in by the UN to bat for women's rights

She adds, "Through this initiative, we are trying to make everyone aware about the consequences of violence and are encouraging them to raise their voice against it."

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: History, significance and all you need to know

UNGA officially declared 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 7 February 2000

Mahsa Amini death: Iran's anti-veil protests draw on long history of resistance

Iranian women who grew up before the overthrow of the monarchy in 1979 remember a country where women were largely free to choose how they dressed. But it changed when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his followers seized power and created a Shiite cleric-led Islamic state

Abortion, women's rights grow as priorities, reveals AP-NORC poll

Twenty-two per cent of US adults name abortion or women's rights in an open-ended question as one of up to five problems they want the government to work on, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research

'Bread, work, freedom': Afghan women protest against Taliban's restriction on their rights

Since seizing power in August, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during the two decades of US intervention in Afghanistan

Iran again bans women from entering football stadium

Around 2,000 women, who had bought tickets for the Iran-Lebanon match, were present in the perimeter of Imam Reza stadium but could not enter the venue, local media reported

Idaho passes new abortion law: All you need to know about this 'cruel' legislation and why it could be harmful for American women

The legislation bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and also allows family members to sue a doctor who performs such a procedure

Explained: Why Colombia’s abortion law is a historic moment for women in Latin America and where do other countries stand

Colombia’s constitutional court decriminalised abortions within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, making it the fifth country in the region to make the practice more accessible and safer